November 2007

Salute to Manufacturing

Luncheon: May 5, 2008

Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center

Columbia, SC

Nominations Accepted

Salute 2008

Agency Selected

Become a Sponsor

 

2007 Sponsors:

Automation Engineering Corporation

Carolina First Bank

CPM Federal Credit Union

Elliott Davis

SC Manufacturing Extension Partnership

SC Research Authority

Scholarship Sponsor: Bridgestone Firestone

Media Sponsor: GSA Business 

     Applications for the seventh annual South Carolina Silver Crescent Awards for Manufacturing Excellence are now being accepted.

     With nearly 5,000 manufacturers serving as the lifeblood of South Carolina’s economy, the Silver Crescent Awards for Manufacturing Excellence recognize the best and brightest of our corporate citizens. The awards honor outstanding small, medium and large manufacturers and promote the importance of manufacturing to our standard of living and quality of life in the Palmetto State, while increasing awareness of the importance of manufacturing among the general public. 

     To be eligible, nominees must have been in business in South Carolina for at least three years, as of May 1, 2008. Awards are presented in three categories—small, medium and large manufacturers—as determined by the number of employees. Anyone may nominate a manufacturer, including employees, community leaders and volunteers.

     Nomination applications may be completed at http://www.salutetomanufacturing.org/nominate.asp no later than March 3, 2008, for presentation to the award selection committee. 

     For the first time in its 13-year history, the Salute to Manufacturing luncheon will be held in Columbia rather than Greenville, beginning an annual rotation to locations throughout the state.

     The 2008 luncheon will be May 5, 2008, at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center. Sponsored by the Silver Crescent Foundation, the event celebrates the vitality of manufacturing in South Carolina and promotes careers in engineering and manufacturing for young people in the state.

     The highlight of the luncheon event each year is the presentation of the Silver Crescent Awards to outstanding small, medium, and large manufacturing companies from throughout the state, and recognition of student finalists in the S.C. Design Challenge. Each year, more than 400 leaders in business, government and education attend the event.

For additional information, please visit www.salutetomanufacturing.org.  

The Silver Crescent Foundation has selected the Clare Morris Agency to handle marketing and promotions for the 2008 Salute to Manufacturing. According to the Foundation’s president, Tony Smith, the Columbia-based agency provided the right combination of economic development experience and public relations expertise to raise the statewide profile of the annual awards luncheon, which has been held in Greenville for the past 12 years.  

Serving as a Salute to Manufacturing sponsor puts your business in the spotlight. Hundreds of leaders in business, education and government attend this highly anticipated annual event. Sponsorship of the 2008 Salute to Manufacturing and Silver Crescent Awards Luncheon is an effective and affordable way to increase your company's profile and support an important statewide economic development initiative. To learn more, contact Tony Smith at tsmith@scfusa.org.